Rino Corso Fougier

Rino Corso Fougier (14 November 1894-24 April 1963) was an Air Squadron General of the Royal Italian Air Force during World War I, leading Italy's air forces during the Battle of Britain.

Biography
Rino Corso Fougier was born on 14 November 1894 in Bastia, Corsica, France. He served in the 7th Bersaglieri Regiment of the Royal Italian Army during World War I, and in 1917 he joined the Royal Italian Air Force. In the Interwar Years, he rose in the ranks of the air force and in 1931 was promoted to colonel. Fougier joined in the Condor Legion during the Spanish Civil War, and he also fought in the Second Italo-Abyssinian War. In 1939, he was promoted to Air Squadron General and commanded the Italian planes that fought against the United Kingdom during the Battle of Britain in World War II, but in 1943 he returned to private life when the government of Benito Mussolini was overthrown. Fougier died on 24 April 1963 in Rome.